\u201cMy daughter was eating a snack\u2026 and there was a metal blade right in the middle of it,\u201d said 38-year-old Amy Mastromattei. <\/p>\n
\u201cThank the Lord she didn\u2019t get injured.\u201d <\/p>\n
Mastromattei, described the object as roughly four inches long, with a noticeable sharpened edge.<\/p>\n
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METAL BLADE A metal blade found at an Ottawa grocery store has sparked investigations from management to the federal government (Photo by Amy Mastromattei). <\/p>\n
Footage reviewed by CTV News showed the blade inside the opened package.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I looked in the package, I noticed there was a metal blade. It\u2019s kind of jagged\u2026 you can see that the blade has cranberry over it, so it\u2019s clearly from their factory,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
She said her family regularly shops at that particular location and expects quality checks to come at a bare minimum. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe pay extra for organic food not to have metal in our snacks, especially a snack that we give to our kids,\u201d she said, adding that her children are two-and-a-half years old and nine-months old.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe could have eaten it… My nine-month-old could have picked it up and eaten it,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Rejecting a $25 gift card<\/p>\n
Shortly after the blade was discovered, Mastromattei says her husband quickly contacted the store but was left puzzled when he learned that the best officials could offer was a $25 gift card. <\/p>\n
In order to receive the gift card, the couple says they were instructed to bring the item back as soon as possible. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just don\u2019t believe (a $25 gift card) is acceptable. I would sue if I could\u2026 I shouldn\u2019t have to worry about my two-year-old eating metal.\u201d<\/p>\n
CTV News contacted the company, and in a phone call, officials said staff were under the impression that the item would be returned so they could investigate further. They also note that this appears to be an \u201cisolated\u201d incident, but a review is ongoing.<\/p>\n
The couple, meanwhile, says they are still considering other options, including legal action. <\/p>\n
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METRO People shop inside a Metro grocery store in Toronto, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Bargaining continues between the retailer and it\u2019s nearly 3,700 employees as a strike deadline of 11:59 pm fast approaches. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Cole Burston Multiple investigations underway<\/p>\n
In a statement, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency tells CTV News it is \u201caware of the reported incident\u201d and is \u201cconducting a food safety investigation following a complaint received by its Ottawa office.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear how long the probe will take, but the agency says investigations can include tracing distribution, inspecting facilities, and assessing health risks. If a particular product is found to be dangerous, it could trigger a recall or other proactive measures.<\/p>\n
Metro said it has reached out to the manufacturer and is reviewing the case. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very sorry to hear about this incident and apologize to the customer involved,\u201d the company said. \u201cThe safety of our customers is our top priority… we take matters like this extremely seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going forward, Mastromattei said she hopes closer inspections are done at all levels of distribution, adding, \u201cI would hope that their quality control would know that the blade broke and that they would recall the items before this happened,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
She also has a clear message to parents. <\/p>\n
\u201cAlways monitor your kids\u2019 snacks\u2026 This stuff does happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Ontario mother is speaking out after she says that she found a \u201cjagged\u201d metal blade inside a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-612379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}